[Memorandum No. 8345/175/FR.II/85-1, Dt. 6-4-1985]
Order :—The Pay and Accounts Officer has brought to the notice of Government that several Departments and Offices are making additional charge arrangements under Rule 49 of Fundamental Rules against newly created posts. He has requested the Government to issue necessary instructions in this regard.
The attention of the Departments of Secretariat/Heads of Departments etc., is invited to Instruction (2) under F.R. 49 according to which no additional pay should be granted unless the previous incumbents of the additional post has actually handed over charge thereof under the orders of the competent authority. A newly created post does not satisfy this essential conditions for making additional charge arrangements.
Further, according to instruction (4) under F.R. 49, additional remuneration should not be allowed as a matter of course. Normally, the newly created posts are utilised from the date of filling-up of these posts by promotion OR direct recruitment. It is not correct to utilise the newly created posts for making additional charge arrangements.
The Departments of Secretariat/Heads of Departments/Heads of Offices are therefore informed that the practice of making additional charge arrangements against newly created posts is not in accordance with rules and should not be resorted to under any circumstances. The arrangement should be resorted to where the post is actually held by some other person and he vacates the post for any reason and gives over charge to the person placed in additional charge of that post. If there is pressure of work and delay in filling-up of newly created posts, the work may be suitably distributed among the existing persons without resorting to additional charge arrangements under F.R. 49.
Cases already settled otherwise need not however be re-opened.